Denny Blaine Park is a treasure with the rarest of amenities—a decent public beach on Lake Washington. It’s part of the historic Olmsted Park system along with Volunteer Park, Interlaken Park, Cal Anderson Park, Seward Park, Green Lake Park, and many more.

But most important to the present moment, it’s been a queer-friendly clothing-optional beach for decades longer; a sanctuary where anybody with any body can be their full self in peace without fear of retribution or mockery. With the Trump Administration's constant attacks on trans and gender nonconforming folks’ right to exist, this sanctuary is all the more precious.

I (a queer femme), my trans wife and all our queer and trans friends have certainly felt safe and comfortable there. Being naked outdoors on a hot summer day, enjoying t

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